RSS Feed Sample

The following is an example of a well-formed iTunes RSS feed.

At this time, iTunes U does not ingest data from all of the tags used in this RSS feed sample (for example, link, copyright).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:itunesu="http://www.itunesu.com/feed" version="2.0" >
    <channel>
        <title>RSS with the best</title>
        <link>http://www.apple.com/</link>
        <language>en-us</language>
        <copyright>℗ &amp; © 2008 Apple</copyright>
        <itunes:subtitle>A podcast series on RSS</itunes:subtitle>
        <itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>Creating a well formed RSS feed is important for
        iTunes U. This weekly series follows the methods to ensure your
        success.</itunes:summary>
        <description>Creating a well formed RSS feed is important for
        iTunes U. This weekly series follows the methods to ensure your
        success.</description>
        <itunes:owner>
            <itunes:name>Jane Doe</itunes:name>
            <itunes:email>jdoe@example.com</itunes:email>
        </itunes:owner>
        <itunes:image href="http://images.apple.com/pr/images/rotation
        /leopardbox.jpg"/>
        <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
        <item>
            <title>XML Basics</title>
            <itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
            <itunes:subtitle>A short primer on RSS and XML</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>The basics of RSS is XML.  This episode will
            assist in the development of the RSS shell used for iTunes U 
            RSS feeds.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://example.com/podcasts/RSS-Basics.m4a"
            length="234233" type="audio/x-m4a"/>
            <guid>http://example.com/podcasts/RSS-Basics.m4a</guid>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <itunes:duration>7:04</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>rss, itunesu, xml, tutorial,
            training</itunes:keywords>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Namespaces Demystified</title>
            <itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
            <itunes:subtitle>Understanding how to extend XML through
            namespaces.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Namespaces allow the extension of RSS to suit the
            needs of particular systems.  iTunes U uses a custom 
            namespace too.</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://example.com/podcasts/RSS-Namespaces.mp3"
            length="289894" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <guid>http://example.com/podcasts/RSS-Namespaces.mp3</guid>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <itunes:duration>4:34</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>xml, namespace, rss, tutorial,
            training</itunes:keywords>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Adding content &amp; keywords</title>
            <itunes:author>Jane Doe</itunes:author>
            <itunes:subtitle>Filling out your RSS feeds.</itunes:subtitle>
            <itunes:summary>Now we have our structure in place, we will add
            item information and metadata</itunes:summary>
            <enclosure url="http://example.com/podcasts/RSS-content.mp3"
            length="4989537" type="audio/mpeg"/>
            <guid>http://example.com/podcasts/RSS-Content.mp3</guid>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <itunes:duration>3:59</itunes:duration>
            <itunes:keywords>itunesu, xml, rss, tutorial, training,
            keywords, item</itunes:keywords>
        </item>
    </channel>
</rss>

Apple recommends using http://feedvalidator.org/ to validate your feeds before sending them to iTunes U.




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